WINNING THE RACE
by basia03

Comment by OneSweetSin:
Critique Club

Very sweet photo of a little girl swimming. It does seem a little soft on the focus, perhaps trying an unsharpening mask might help you. Your colors here are extremly good and there is a nice texture created by the bubbles in the water.

As for meeting the challenge of speed it is a little weak in portraying the feeling of speed but I do see some motion in it. Keep working on them.

Anna

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Comment by DennisF:
Looks like a fun meal coming up. Everything is very shiny and seems to loose detail. Maybe candle light to tone down the harshness.

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Comment by subliminalis:
Would have been much better if it were darker, or even black and white. Still - amazing compsition. 6.

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Comment by Shinenlite:
creative concept. It's different. I like it.

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Comment by Fayech:
beautifully captured. i love the colors. elegant. but a bit too set up and artificial. maybe dim the lights, bring out the candles, and pour some wine. :o)

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Comment by Firstrich1:
this does say dinner. so it is night life. The crop seems a little tight and the light to bright. a candle or two would have made this work better for me.

Message edited by author 2003-07-16 00:06:37.

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Comment by Geds:
NIce to see an unusual range of tones - even the silver is brown-ish. 7.

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Comment by Pidd:
I like the colors and the theme, but I think with the crystal blending in so well with the pattern of the linens, there seems to be a little too much unused space at the top left. This makes the whole shot feel unbalanced. I would also like to see the bottom of the plate and silver not cut off since those really are the focal point in the shot. Interesting and unique idea for this challenge.

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Comment by Alpine99:
wish the crop hadn't been so severe at the bottom.. good to have seen the bottom of the plate. Seems a little over sharpened as well.. nice idea 5

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Comment by DavidLevin:
this didnt meet the challenge at all, blah blah blah, im sure youve heard that 100 times already so i wont get into that. other than that what i would have done was had a black tablecloth so the glasses would stand out more and maybe have taken the shot from a different angle, this one seems a bit uninteresting, maybe set the camera down on the table and taken it from the left side to right, do you know what im talking about? oh well whatever.